American tennis player Carter Cook is being held prisoner by the Russian mafia...

Carter is the obsession of mob boss Vladimir Ivanov, a man she once loved. Now a mafia war has erupted on his home turf, and Vladimir’s enemies have put a bounty on her head to force him to surrender. If she is captured, his rivals will deliver a deadly ultimatum—his life in exchange for hers. The price for Carter’s freedom is Vladimir’s blood.

Vladimir holds ultimate power as godfather of the Ivanov Bratva…

He spent five years in a Siberian prison camp and has earned every tattoo inked into his skin. He is a powerful man who rules his crew with an iron fist.

But his enemies have discovered his only weakness—Carter. Vladimir knows if she stays in his world, he is handing her a death sentence, so he vows to get her home and never interfere in her life again. Giving up the woman he loves is the only way to protect her from the bad guys—including himself.

Vladimir’s rivals have a different plan for the ill-fated couple…

Some punishments are worse than death, and the head of the Ovechkin Bratva will go to any length to seek vengeance and inflict maximum suffering on Vladimir.

Carter may be Vladimir’s weakness, but she is also his only hope for survival. When the boss of the Ovechkin family threatens the man she loves, she must fight for Vladimir’s freedom before their rivals can deliver the fatal blow.

Vladimir had a talent for collecting all my faults,
wadding them up into a ball, and using the negative energy to magnify my good
qualities. Even after I found out about his involvement in the mafia, I still
loved Vladimir. I wished I could erase the bad parts of our relationship,
leaving only the passion and love we shared.

He ran his fingers through my hair, tucked my head
in the crook of his neck, and rubbed warm circles on my back. I instinctively
molded into the contours of his body and inhaled his earthy aroma. His heavenly
cologne no longer mingled with his masculine scent, but I recognized his
essence and a rush of memories of our intimate moments washed over me.

I unfastened the buttons on his flannel shirt and
snuck my hand inside to touch his skin. I traced the outline of the devil
tattoo on his chest with my fingernail. I couldn’t see his inky blue face, but
I knew he was there. Vladimir’s body tensed from my touch. He whispered my
name, chastising my decision to cross the line, but his hand moved to my ass
and I knew he didn’t want me to stop. A loud crack of thunder rattled the
window. Startled, I jumped.

Vladimir picked me up, carried me to the tiny bed,
and laid on top of me. Feeling the weight of his body pressing down on me and
the way he was kissing me with so much passion, I felt like the bed might crash
through the floor and drop us in the living room.

His
beard scratched against my skin, and the deeper his kiss, the rougher it
felt—but in a good way. I groaned out
his name and snaked my fingers up his shirt, squeezing and rubbing his muscular
back. I’d been paralyzed by fear and loneliness since my capture, but right or
wrong, I felt safe and loved in Vladimir’s arms.

— ABOUT THE AUTHOR —

Kat Shehata’s first career involved caring for exotic, dangerous, and adorable animals as a zookeeper. As an author, Kat weaves her love of animals into her work. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling children’s book Animals on the Other Side written with Sylvia Browne.

She is also a competitive tennis player and spends her free time playing matches in a recreational league. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, three kids, and an enthusiastic poodle-mix. She holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Wilmington College, a professional writing certificate from the University of Cincinnati, and a master’s degree in creative writing from Spalding University.

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